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• Tunisia plans unity government to quell violence (Reuters)
• South Sudan ends independence vote, awaits statehood (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Chavez may cut short decree rule (Reuters)
• Many still missing in Brazil floods (Reuters)
• Clashes in Athens over anti-migrant fence (Reuters)
• Dakar 2011: Chile, Argentina and the Most Dangerous Race (Time.com)
• Mancini hails Tevez magic after City thriller (AFP)
• Mideast asks after Tunisian riots: Where next? (AP)
• Brazil slide survivors left to fend on own (AP)
• Count underway to decide if south Sudan secedes (AFP)
• Vettori leads New Zealand out of trouble (AFP)
• Soaked Australia focuses on flood clean-up (AP)
• Tunisian protests shake one of the most repressive Arab regimes (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Amid Celebrations and Curfews, Tunisians Trust in the Army (Time.com)
• Tunisian protesters notch historic victory, but face uncertain future (The Christian Science Monitor)

Tunisia plans unity government to quell violence (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:42 PM PST Reuters - Tunisia's new leadership moved to form a coalition government to gain the upper hand over violent looters and quell arson and shooting that broke out after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted by protests.

South Sudan ends independence vote, awaits statehood (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 08:14 AM PST Reuters - South Sudan's polling centers closed their doors on Saturday after a week-long vote on independence from the north that could end a vicious cycle of civil war with the creation of the world's newest state.

Venezuela's Chavez may cut short decree rule (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST Reuters - Denying he was a dictator, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered on Saturday to give up much-criticized decree powers a year ahead of schedule if post-flood emergency measures were implemented quickly.

Many still missing in Brazil floods (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:01 PM PST Reuters - Dozens of flood survivors desperate for news of missing relatives lined up outside a morgue in the town of Teresopolis on Saturday as criticism grew of authorities' response to one of Brazil's worst natural disasters which has killed nearly 600 people.

Clashes in Athens over anti-migrant fence (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:41 AM PST Reuters - Far-right protesters threw stones at a pro-migrant march in Athens on Saturday before being dispersed by bursts of teargas, police said, in the latest sign of tension over the capital's growing immigrant population.

Dakar 2011: Chile, Argentina and the Most Dangerous Race (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST Time.com - For the third year running, the grueling rally is taking place in South America. It is so lucrative that Peru, Bolivia and Brazil want in.

Mancini hails Tevez magic after City thriller (AFP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 05:38 PM PST AFP - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini hailed unsettled captain Carlos Tevez after his brace helped City move to the top of the Premier League.

Mideast asks after Tunisian riots: Where next? (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST AP - The stunning collapse of Tunisia's long-ruling president brought cheers from the streets and a flood of messages on Middle East websites Saturday with one overriding question: Could it happen next in Egypt or other iron-fist regimes in the region?

Brazil slide survivors left to fend on own (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST AP - Pointing at the cliff of crumbling red clay, Renato Motta de Lima described a landscape that now existed only in memory: here, his grandmother's house; there, the church; below, a banana grove and the home of an aunt, uncle and the shy teenager who was his cousin.

Count underway to decide if south Sudan secedes (AFP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 05:58 PM PST AFP - The marathon task of counting the ballot in south Sudan's independence referendum was underway on Sunday after the week-long polling on partitioning Africa's largest nation closed.

Vettori leads New Zealand out of trouble (AFP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:42 PM PST AFP - Daniel Vettori and Reece Young produced a 138-run salvage operation for New Zealand as they went to lunch on Sunday at 319 for seven on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan.

Soaked Australia focuses on flood clean-up (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST AP - Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak Sunday as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.

Tunisian protests shake one of the most repressive Arab regimes (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 01:14 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Unprecedented protests in Tunisia have deeply shaken one of the Middle East’s most repressive regimes, forcing the president that ruled Tunisia for 23 years to step down.

Amid Celebrations and Curfews, Tunisians Trust in the Army (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST Time.com - Ben Ali loyalists in the security police still threaten but Tunisia seems to be hoping that the military will guide the country away from chronic dictatorship

Tunisian protesters notch historic victory, but face uncertain future (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:46 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country Friday, his rule toppled by a popular uprising that marked a historic victory for the people of Tunisia and a severe warning for other autocracies in the region.

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